Re: [wwwdocs] Update Fortran secrion in 4.8/changes.html

2015-04-20 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Tobias Burnus wrote: >> There is one sentence (preceding my patch) which I don't quite >> understand (specifically around the "to"): >> >>"...which diagnose when code to is inserted for automatic >>(re)allocation of a variable during assignment." > Let me try to explai

Re: [wwwdocs] Update Fortran secrion in 4.8/changes.html

2012-11-19 Thread Tobias Burnus
Gerald Pfeifer wrote: There is one sentence (preceding my patch) which I don't quite understand (specifically around the "to"): "...which diagnose when code to is inserted for automatic (re)allocation of a variable during assignment." Let me try to explain what the warning does and what

Re: [wwwdocs] Update Fortran secrion in 4.8/changes.html

2012-11-19 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Tobias Burnus wrote: > Well, "flag" is GCC teminology (see "man gcc"), though it seems to be > only used for the -f* options while I (mis)used it here for -W*. I > think it is better to use the more common term "command-line option". Okay, so I went ahead and applied the patc

Re: [wwwdocs] Update Fortran secrion in 4.8/changes.html

2012-11-12 Thread Tobias Burnus
Gerald Pfeifer wrote: One question: in general we are using the term "command-line option". You are introducing two uses of "flag", and the two existing uses of that are also in the Fortran section. Is this Fortran terminology or would it be fine to make this more consistent? Well, "flag" is G

Re: [wwwdocs] Update Fortran secrion in 4.8/changes.html

2012-11-12 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012, Tobias Burnus wrote: >> I noticed you are using ..., as in e, >> which we usually don't. Why that? > My impression was that a one-letter didn't stand out enough and > looked rather odd; if you think it improves consistency or readability, > feel free to change it. That's a

Re: [wwwdocs] Update Fortran secrion in 4.8/changes.html

2012-08-20 Thread Tobias Burnus
Gerald Pfeifer wrote: I went ahead and made some smaller changes, patch below. Thanks. I noticed you are using ..., as in e, which we usually don't. Why that? My impression was that a one-letter didn't stand out enough and looked rather odd; if you think it improves consistency or readab

Re: [wwwdocs] Update Fortran secrion in 4.8/changes.html

2012-08-20 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Tue, 14 Aug 2012, Tobias Burnus wrote: > I have committed the patch as obvious, however, I am happy for any > comments. I went ahead and made some smaller changes, patch below. I noticed you are using ..., as in e, which we usually don't. Why that? Gerald Index: changes.html ==